Vegetable-fork.



G. B. N. DOW & J P. GAVANAUGH.

VEGETABLE FORK.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5, 1913.

. Inventors Patented June 24, 1913.

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GEORGE B. N. DOW AND JAMES F. CAVANAUGH, OF MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

VEGETABLE-FORK.

7 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Gnonon B. N. Dow and JAMES F. CAVANAUGH, citizensof the United States, residing at Manchester, in the county ofHillsboro, State of New Hampshire, have invented a new and usefulVegetable-Fork, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in forks and more particularlyto improvements in a fork such as illustrated in Patent No. 540,958,granted to us June 11, 1895.

The object of the present invention is to provide a fork with an ejectorattached thereto. The ejector and fork are so designed that it isunnecessary for the said ejector to travel to the extreme ends of thetines thereof and at the same time providing for the positive ejectionof any material which may be located upon said tines.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the drawings accompanying this speci fication and forming a partthereof, the preferable form of our invention is illustrated, in whichFigure 1 is a view in perspective of our improved fork. Fig. 2 is a sideview thereof. Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 33 ofFig. 2.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, 3 is the handle of thefork and at the tines or prongs formed integral therewith. The upperportion of the handle is provided with a slot 5 therein through whichextends a spring arm 6. The said spring arm is bent as at 7 and issecured to the fork handle at 8.

The ejecting arm 9 is pivotally connected to the spring arm 6 as at 10and is provided with apertures 11 remote therefrom. The lower portion ofthe ejecting arm 9 is en larged as at 12 and the central portion thereofis curved as at 18 to form an extending knob or lug which is adapted tocome in contact with the material which may be Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed February 5, 1913.

Patented June 24, 1913.

Serial No. 746,404.

upon the fork tines and to suitably eject the same therefrom.

A reference to Fig. 2 of the drawings discloses the fact that theoutline or contour of the fork handle and tines is bent as is usual infork construction and the spring arm 6 and the ejecting arm 9 are ofsuch a length that when they are in the position as illustrated indotted lines in Fig. 2 the portion 12 of the ejecting arm will beslightly shorter than the length of the fork so that the apertures 11 inthe enlarged portion 12 will be prevented from going beyond the extremeends of the tines 4; with the results that it will be impossible for theportion 12 to come off the said prongs or tines. Ithas been found inpractice that for the successful ejection of any material which may beimpaled upon the fork tines it was necessary that the loops or portionsforming the apertures which travel over the fork tines to travel to theextreme ends thereof with the result however that the said ejecting armwas extremely liable to become disengaged from the fork tines, whichwould require the same to be resprung thereon. With the presentinvention however, the ejecting arm is so formed with the enlargedportion 12 and the projection 13 extending therefrom that it is possibleto form the ejecting arm so that it will not travel to the extreme endsof the fork prongs or tines but that the curved projection 13 willextend beyond the ends of the tines and will thereby successfully ejectthe impaled material and thereby provide for the successful operation ofthe device without danger of the ejecting arm being disengaged from thefork prongs.

To the top portion of the fork handle is formed a suitable grippingprojection 14 bent so as to form a means whereby the fork may be readilygraspedand manipulated.

Having thus fully described the invent-ion, what is claimed is 1. Thecombination of a fork, a resilient arm secured thereto, an ejectingmember pivotally secured to said arm and slidably engaging the forktines, a projection at the lower extremity of said ejecting memberadapted to extend beyond the fork tines.

2. The combination of a fork, an arm movably secured thereto, anejecting member pivotally secured to said arm and provided withapertures at the lower extremity thereof said apertures adapted toslidably engage the fork tines, a curved projection at the lowerextremity of said ejecting member adapted to extend beyond the extremeends of the fork tines and eject material therefrom. j

3. In a device of the class described, a pair of arms, one arm thereofformed as a fork, the other arm resiliently secured thereto andpivotally secured. to an ejecting member, said ejecting member slidablyengaging the fork tines, a curved projection secured to the lower end ofsaid ejecting member, said ejecting member adapted to movelongitudinally of said fork tines and to stop short of the ends thereof,said projection adapted to extend beyond said ends.

4. The combination of a fork, provided With an aperture in the handlethereof, a spring arm secured to said fork and extending through saidaperture, an ejecting mem ber pivotally secured to said spring arm, saidejecting member provided with an enlarged end, said end provided withapertures therein, said ejectingmember adapted to slidably engage thefork tines and move longitudinally thereof and to stop short the endsthereof, a projection at the said enlarged end of said ejecting memberadapted to extend therebeyond and a bent projection disposed at thelower portion of the said handle forming gripping means for themanipulation of the fork.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have heretoaffixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE B. N. DOW. JAMES F. CAVANAUGH.

Witnesses Eonssn ST. JEAN, M. F. SHEA.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

